Ron Kaminecki

Mr Kaminecki has presented numerous technical articles, book chapters, presentations and papers on various aspects of online searching an information retrieval since 1974, specialising in intellectual property.  He has worked for IIT Research Institute, Abbott Laboratories and Dialog, always in a position involving patent information. He has also worked with patent searchers in top R&D companies, law firms and patent offices around the world and has been an expert witness in patent litigation. He is also an inventor with an American and PCT published applications.
  A registered US Patent Attorney and a member of the Illinois Bar and of the Bar of the Northern District Court of Illinois, he has also worked as a US Patent Agent. He is a co-author of NISO Standard Z-39.58, “Common Command Language for Online Information Retrieval,” which was the basis of the conforming International Standard. Mr Kaminecki has a BS in Chemistry, an MS in Computer Science and Information Systems, and a JD with a Certificate in Patent Law. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Lawyer’s Association, Patent Information User’s Group, Special Libraries Association and is a thirty-four year member of the American Chemical Society.